Designed for multimedia enthusiasts on a tight budget, the Dell Inspiron 5000 Series 17 Non-Touch ($ 449.99) is a sprawling 17-inch desktop replacement laptop that looks more expensive than it is. You get a reasonably good performance Pentium powered, a large, brightly lit 17.3-inch screen, and all you need to meet your multimedia projects, including the DVD burner and an SD card reader. A more powerful graphics engine and a 1080p screen will be beautiful, but without defect prevents the Dell Inspiron 17 from being our latest Editors Choice 'for the budget desktop-replacement laptops.
Design and Features
Budget-class laptops rarely offer details like metal but the Inspiron 17 bucks trend with silver, brushed-aluminum cover that gives it the look and feel of a more expensive system. Like most 17-inch notebook, the chassis is large and fairly heavy, measuring 1.1 by 16.2 by 10.6 inches (HWD) and weighs 6.6 pounds. Still, it is a bit more manageable than the Acer Aspire V3-772G-9460, weighing 7.1 pounds and measures 1.4 by 16.3 by 10.8 inches (HWD).
Under the cover is a 17.3-inch display with 1600-by-900 (HD +) resolution and a glossy, somewhat reflective coating. You do not get 1080p resolution, but the panel delivers sharp, highly detailed 720p picture, as well as the bright, well-saturated colors. Viewing angle is usually a Twisted Nematic (TN) panel; You'll see some color changes when you view the screen from any 55-degree (from the center) angle.
The matte-black keyboard deck hold a full-size, chiclet-style keyboard with a number pad on the right and a large 4-by-3 inch clickpad below. The keyboard is spacious and sturdy, and the keys are responsive. Clickpad has responded well, but clicking it was pretty loud and can be annoying to others nearby. However, its large surface area provides plenty of room for swiping, zooming, and scrolling.
The left side of the laptop hold two USB 2.0 ports, an HDMI video output, headphone and power jacks, and Ethernet LAN port. Over on the right side is a tray-loading DVD burner, a USB 3.0 port, and a 3-in-1 SD card reader. There are two moderately loud speaker mounted under the chassis that offers a smattering of bass, but could use some help from a subwoofer, and a 720p webcam and microphone embedded in the bezel above the display . The Inspiron 17 offers a wireless networking with built-in Wireless-N 1705 and Bluetooth 4.0 circuitry.
The Inspiron 17 is a Windows 8.1 installed on Bing its 500GB hard drive. It also Cyberlink Media Suite software and some applications Dell, including PC checkup diagnostic software, Backup and Recovery, and My Dell, a portal for access to the apps mentioned above, as well as drivers and updates . As is usually the case with Dell consumer systems, you also get the typical bloatware and trialware from eBay, Amazon, McAfee, and Microsoft. The Inspiron 17 is covered by a one-year warranty.
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